Step One: To become "Humble", is a quality not at all natural for an Addictive personality!  "Surrender" to Powerlessness and Unmanageability, requires giving up the most treasured thing in life, along with Rationalization and Justification!  Emotionally, this compares to the death of a loved one, or the failure of a marriage.  Add "Craving" and early Recovery becomes a very difficult experience, that the average person cannot comprehend.  This is the critical time when fellowship and support from a 12 Step "Peer" group is irreplaceable!  This is the fact that founders of Alcoholics Anonymous discovered!